# Update an API key

**PATCH** `/admin/api-keys/{api_key_id}`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.pinecone.io/admin/api-keys/{api_key_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "name": "devkey",
  "roles": [
    "ProjectEditor"
  ]
}'
```

```json title="200"
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "project_id": "<string>",
  "roles": [
    "ProjectEditor"
  ]
}
```
:::

## Authorizations

- `Authorization` (header, string, required) — Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`.

## Path Parameters

- `api_key_id` (path, string, required) — API key ID

## Headers

- `X-Pinecone-Api-Version` (header, string, required) — Required date-based version header

## Body

- `name` (body, string) — A new name for the API key. The name must be 1-80 characters long. If omitted, the name will not be updated.
- `roles` (body, string\[]) — A new set of roles for the API key. Existing roles will be removed if not included. If this field is omitted, the roles will not be updated.

## Response

- `200` — API key updated successfully.
- `400` — Bad request. The request body included invalid request parameters.
- `401` — Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key.
- `403` — Forbidden
- `500` — Internal server error.
- `4XX` — Unexpected error on request.

## Related pages

- [List API keys](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-api-keys-list-api-keys.md)
- [Create an API key](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-api-keys-create-an-api-key.md)
- [Get API key details](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-api-keys-get-api-key-details.md)
- [Delete an API key](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-api-keys-delete-an-api-key.md)
- [Create an API key](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-create-api-key.md)
- [Create an API key](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-create-api-key.md)
- [List API keys](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-list-api-keys.md)
- [Get API key details](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-fetch-api-key.md)
- [Update an API key](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-update-api-key.md)
- [Delete an API key](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-delete-api-key.md)

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